I have to admire the survival skills of this Prickly Pear. How did it get there. How is it still alive ?

From the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

From the perspective of plants we are all rich and in the long run they will eat us all. @plants

EatTheRich #Ecology #UrbanEcology

This little plant, identified as Equisetum arvense by a colleague, appears to have grown right through one of the metal posts of the bridge of Amsterdam University College (#AUC #UvA #VU).

I think it should be the mascotte of all students at Science Park:

"Those who persevere against all odds find the light at the end of the tunnel."

plants #nature @plants

TL;DW: You can't, unless it is still attached to the plant. Just eat it right away, it will not get any riper.

The plant is frost-hardy, but all parts of the plant above ground die in winter.

From the Singapore Cloud Forest

Singapore Cloud Forest. Not sure what plant it is, but I guess from the Araliaceae.

Singapore Botanic Garden

Singapore Botanic Garden